Looking to the future by happypat

Looking to the future

I stopped on the bridge & took a photo of these new farm buildings for my sons in NZ. Our youngest son worked for this farmer for a couple of years after he left school.
We are always interested in seeing what our neighbouring farmers are up to.
This new dairy enterprise showing commitment to the future for this farmer who has two young sons who hopefully will be keen enough to carry on the legacy of his father, grandfather & great grandfather.
A considerable investment!!

Three good things:
1. Lunch out at Cathys & then a walk with Connie along the Lancaster canal at Garstang.
2. A gift of some bulbs for our garden.
3. An easy supper of boiled eggs & buttered toast.
Bep
A nice shot of these new farm buildings.
October 24th, 2021  
Wow looking very flash.. Is it a dairy milking shed and feed pad?..
October 24th, 2021  
@julzmaioro Yes a full set up for about four hundred cows I think. Herringbone milling parlour, feed pad & cubicle house for over wintering the cows.
October 24th, 2021  
Looks like a great facility!
October 24th, 2021  
Nice memory shot
October 24th, 2021  
An impressive dairy farm operation. So good to see generations continuing the family business.
October 24th, 2021  
Good investment in the future
October 24th, 2021  
A great shot of these impressive buildings !
October 24th, 2021  
That's a lovely forward thinking photo. The technology now available might make a difference for the younger people and possibilities.
October 24th, 2021  
Four hundred cows! - do they put them inside these huge buildings? Investment for the future indeed!
October 24th, 2021  
They look wonderful!
October 24th, 2021  
Looks impressive. I bet your son who used to work there will be interested to see what is happening at this farm now.
October 24th, 2021  
modern and functional buildings Pat
October 24th, 2021  
Great sky
October 25th, 2021  
It all looks great
October 25th, 2021  
Lovely buildings!
October 25th, 2021  
Nice building!
October 25th, 2021  
@maggiemae Yes all winter & many farms have them inside all year round these days too maggie! This farm does let its cows out but the more cows a farm has there is less land for them to roam on. Feed is taken inside as the farmers can utilise it better especially during or wet miserable winters. Personally I don’t like cows inside all year round but they do look happy enough in these very large buildings. Intensive farming seems to be necessary to make a living on a farm here now unless you are diversifying into cheese, ice cream, yoghurts etc.
They are like ducks all serene on the top but paddling their feet under the water to keep afloat. Spend more to make more! Whatever happened to the good old family farm…..sadly very few left!
October 25th, 2021  
Nice to see an enterprise like this ongoing. We have lost too much farm land from the little we have to make way for new building projects.
October 25th, 2021  
It sure looks like a great investment & improvement for this farm. A nice shot
October 25th, 2021  
What a delightful capture with the dark clouds behind. Hope it all turns out well for the family
October 25th, 2021  
Nice looking farm buildings
October 25th, 2021  
A considerable investment, as you say. May it be very successful for them all.
October 26th, 2021  
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